PETpla.net Insider 01+02 / 2017

MARKET SURVEY 26 PETplanet Insider Vol. 18 No. 01+02/17 www.petpla.net Company name Torus Measurement Systems Sacmi Imola S.C. IMD Ltd Pressco Technology Inc Agr International Inc. Postal address Telephone number Web site address Contact name Function Direct telephone number Fax E-Mail Torus House, Nedge Hill Sci- ence Park, Telford, Shropshire, TF3 3AJ, Great Britain +44 1952 2100 20 www.torus-group.com Mr Spencer Whale Technical Sales Manager +44 1952 2100 20 tms.sales@torus-group.com Via Selice Provinciale 17/A 40026 Imola (BO), Italy +39 0542 607111 www.sacmi.com Mr Stefano Severi Sales Area Manager +39 335 6594236 stefano.severi@sacmi.it Moosweg 1 2555 Brügg, Switzerland +41 32 366 80 66 www.imdvista.ch Mr Martin Gerber CSO of IMD Ltd. +41 32 366 80 66 +41 32 366 80 69 imd@imdvista.ch 29200 Aurora Road Cleveland, OH, USA +1 440 498 2600 www.Pressco.com Mr Tom O'Brien VP, Marketing, Sales & New Business Development +1 440 498 2600 sales@pressco.com 615 Whitestown Road Butler, PA, USA +1 724 482 2163 www.agrintl.com Ms Karen Marcellus Marketing Coordinator +1 724 482 2163 +1 724 482 2767 kmarcellus@agrintl.com Preform Inspection Systems B305 Automatic Preform Inspection System, B301 Semi-automatic Preform Gauge PVS-2 PVS-3 Preform Vision Gauge (PVG4100) Gawis OD Inspection speed 8-10s Up to 1200 parts per hour Up to 72,000 parts per hour Up to 1,500 pieces per minute or 90.000 pieces per hour Up to 2,500/min 1 preform/minute depending on measurements 45 preform/hour depending on measurements Inspected parameters: Geometry / Body Contamination, length, diameter, short shots, gate length, bub- bles, burning, wall thickness, stringing Contamination, shape, diameter, ovalization, wall thickness, crystal- lisation, contamination, unmelts, bubbles, water marks, black specks, gate length, opacity, colour varia- tions, scratches Contamination, shape, diameter, wall thickness, crystallisa- tion, contamination, unmelts, bubbles, water marks, black specks, gate length, opacity, colour varia- tions, scratches Black dots, burn marks, con- tamination, bended body, bub- bles (air pockets), crystallised body, scratches, non-visible flow structures (low pressure while injection), total lenght, colour and colour deviation, long injection, unmelts Unmelts, heat splay, burn marks, water spots, bent/ warped preforms, con- tamination, carbon streaks, bubbles/blisters, colour, crystallinity & clarity/hazing, gate length Length, body diameters, lean Body diameters Thread area 19 dimensions (absolute measurement) Contaminations, cavity number recognition, diameters, flashes Contaminations, cavity number recog- nition, flashes Flashes on neck/ thread, scratches on neck area, sup- port ring deformation, missing material on support ring Contamination, flash, dimensions, pulled threads Finish dimen- sions ( A, T, E, F, D, S, H, L, W, K, B, X ) T, E, A, NR, H, L/D, ovality Mouth / Sealing surface Diameter, internal diameter, roundness Diameters,ovality, thick- ness,scratches,short shots,flashes,notches, contaminations Diameters,ovality, thick- ness,scratches,short shots,flashes,notches, contaminations Ovality,diameter,flashes,shorts shots,flashingonparting line, deformationofsealingarea, coulorandcoulordeviation Contamination, ovality and diameter, dirt & debris in the preform, nicks, gouges, short shots & dips Finish bore/ID measurements, OD measure- ments No Gate / Dome Burning, contamination, tearing, stringing, cracks, voids Crystallisation, con- taminations, unmlet, bubbles, grooves, holes, cracks, position of the injection point Crystallisation, con- taminations, unmlet, bubbles, grooves, holes, cracks, position of the injection point Gate defects, gate length (long gates), holes in gate and gate area, gate deformation, cracks in gate area, injection point out of centre, drip marks Bent/warped preforms, dirt/ debris, cracked gates Gate length No Colour LAB Measurement, UV (coming soon) Colour deviations, intensity deviations, LAB measurement Colour deviations, intensity deviations, LAB measurement Colour and colour deviation Colour variations, incorrect colour No No Cavity number Cavity number, cavity related statistics, preform sorting according to cavity number or weight or severity of failure Cavity number recogni- tion, cavity related statistics, sorting by cavity number Cavity number recog- nition, cavity related statistics, sorting by cavity number Cavity reading, self-learn cavity function for several cavity/templates, cavity related statistics and alarms, rejection of x cavity number, possibility to share information with injec- tion moulding machine based of cavity number No No No Further criteria Weight, stress test (polarisation) Weight, patented grid inspection for detection of defects usually vis- ible with polarised light Patented grid inspec- tion for detection of defects usually visible with polarised light Non-visible flow structures (low pressure while injection) on body, extreemly compact layout, less than 7m 2 Additional inspection mod- ules include: Neck support ring, inner barrel Preform weight No Measurement of absence or presence of barrier material Future development No No IMDvista BTIR Barrier Testing System Yes No No Layer thickness & position measurement at distinctive points Future development No No IMDvista LAYER Testing System No No Comprehensive thickness (monolayer) at any location over preform sidewall Layer thickness & position measurement at the com- plete body by scanning No No IMDvista LAYER Testing System No No No Features: Installation: Stand-alone Yes Yes Inline after injection moulding machine; before blowing and filling machine/line; complete line after injection and before blowing/filling. Production monitoring by IMDvista PECO LUX Mounting and installation inside major OEM blow- moulding machines Yes Yes Installation: Inline Yes Yes Options available for stand- alone and inline systems Side camera for cavity recognition Yes Yes No, patent pending cavity recognition with top camera 4 cameras with our NEWEST intelligent software technology No Method: destructive / non destructive Non destructive Non destructive Non destructive Non-destructive vision inspection Non destructive Non destructive Non destructive Data base connection Suitable data output for Excel, statistical process control SQL database, pos- sibility to extract data in XLS format, possibility of connection to ERP system SQL database, possi- bility to extract data in XLS format, possibility of connection to ERP system IMDvista Portal, connect all system on one central pro- cessing unit (operator panel) Yes Industry standard Industry standard